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Justice Holmes on Monopoly
let this "1900" Gravity
Washing Machine do
your Washing Free.
An unseen power, called Gravity, bolps run this
waahlmcmacblno. .
ByliarneBBlngthlB power, wo make It work for
yon.You etart the waahor by hand, than Gravity
power takoB hold and does tuohardest part.
And It makes this machine torn almost as easy as
a filcvele wnool docs.
Gravity, you know, Is what makes a atone roll
down hill. . .
This niachliTO has nst boon Invented and wo call
ittho "1900" Oravlly Washer.
There are Bints on the Inside bottom of the tab.
Those slatSjact as paddles, to swing tho water In
the same direction you rovolvo tho tub. ,
You throw the soiled clothes Into the tub first.
Thenryou throw enough water over the clothes to
float them. . . ....
Next you put tho heavy wooden cover on top ef the
clothes to anchor them, and to press thorn down.
. This cover has slats On Its lower Bldo to prip the
clothes and hold them from turning around when
tho tub turns. .
Now wo are all ready for qn ck and easy washing.
Yon grasp tho upright handle on tho side of tho
tub and. with it, you rovolvo the tub ono-thlrd way
round, then gravity pulls lttho other way round.
The machine must havo a littlo help from yon, at
every swing, but Gravlty-powor does practically all
tno uaru wors.
You can ott In a rocking chair and do all that tho
washer requires of yon. A child can run It easily
full of clothes.
When you rovolvo tho tnb the clothes don' t move.
But the water inovos like a mill race through tho
eloHioR. .,
Tbo paddlos on tho tub bottom drive tho soapy
water THUOUGH and through tho clothes at every
wing of tiio tub. Buck and forth, In and onlof overy
fold, and through every mosh In tho cloth, tho hot
eoupy water runs llko a torrent. This Is how It carries
away all the dirt from the clothes, In from Blrt to ton
minntoa by the clock. ""
J t drives the dirt out through tho meshes of the
fabrics WITHOUT ANY RUBBING, -without any
WEAB and TKAB from the washboard.
It will wash the finest lace fabric witboutbroaklng
& thread, or a button, and It will wash a heavy, dirty
carpet with equal oano and rapidity. Fifteen to
twenty garments, or five laroro bed-sheets, can be
washed at one tlmo with thlB 1900 "Gravity" WaBher.
A child can do this In six to twonty minutes bettor
than any ablo wnBhor-woman could do tho earns
clothes in TWICE the time, with throe times the
wear and tear from tho washboard.
This la what we SAY, now how do we PROVE It?
Wo sond any reliable person our 1000 "Gravity"
Washer free of charge, on a full month's trial, and
we oven pay tho freight out of our own pockets.
No caah deposit la asked, no notes, no contract,
DO security.
You may nso tho washer four weeks at onr ex
pense. If youluTd It won't wash as manyclothos in
lrOUR hours as yon can wash by hand In EIGHT
hours, you send It back to the railway station,
that' sail.
, But, if, from a month' s actnalnso, you are con
vinced it saves HALF tho time In washing, does tho
work bettor, and does It twice ub eaHily as It could be
done by band, you keep tho machine.
Then you mall ns 60 cents a week till It is paid for.
Remember that 50 cents is part of what the. nrn-
chine BfWB yon every weok on your own, or ou a
washer-woman's labor. Wo Intend that the 1900
"Gravity" Washer shall pay for iteoif and thus cost
yon nothing. --
You don' t risk a cent from first to laHt. nnd yon
don' t buy It until you havo had a full month's trial
We have sold approaching half a million "1000"
"Washers on a month' s free trial and tho only trouble
we've had has beon to keep up with our orders.
Gould wo afford to pay freight on thousands or
those mapfiluea every month, If wo did not positively
KOW thoy would do all wo claim for them? Can
jon afford to bo without a machluo that will do your
washing In HALF THE TIME, with half tho wear
and tear of tbo washboard, when you can havo that
machine for a month' s free trial, and lot It rAY xmi
ITSELF? This offer may bo withdrawn at any time
It overcrowds our factory. . , l111.-j
, Wrlto us TODAY, while tho offer is Btlll open, and
while you think of it. Tho postage stamp Is
risk. Wrlto mo personally on tbls jnffer, viz. .
K. F. Blobor General Manager of "1000" WaBbor
Company. 6301 Henry St., Jllnghamton, x. -
355 Yonge St., Toronto, Canada.
The following editorial recently ap
peared in the Nebraska Independent,
published at Lincoln:
The February Cosmopolitan con
tains a symposium of answers by dis
tinguished men to several questions
regarding great wealth. The most re
markable answer is by Oliver Wendell
Holmes of the United States supreme
court The reply is not remarkablo
because of its wisdom, but because it
shows to what lengths one of our su
preme judges would go in upholding
the claims of privilege.
The first question asked by Frede
rick Upham Adams, who prepared this
symposium, was: "The wealth of our
American capitalists is now conserv
atively estimated at from $100,000,000
to $500,000,000. Can a man render to
his country or to mankind a service
which will entitle him to so great a
reward?" The briefest answer to this
question was by President Charles W.
Elliot of Harvard Uniyersity, who
said: "No, but he can render services
for which money can not pay." As if
echoing this reply, and then explain
ing it, Jack London, the author and
socialist, says: , "No, the sumof re
muneration to all our patriots and
statesmen from the beginning of our
history is not so large'
The second question was: "Does
the possession of a billion dollars in
the hands of an individual constitute
a menace to the republic?" Then fol
lowed questions as to bequeathing
great fortunes, as to the income and
the inheritance tax and as to munici
pal and state ownership. .
With Chancellor B. Benjamin An
drews of the Nebraska University,
who is among those replying to the
questions, Justice Holmes believes
that it is immaterial who holds the
title to wealth. His point of view is
expressed in these words:
"I conceive that economically it
does not matter whether you call
Rockefeller or the United States own
er of all the wheat in the United
States, if that wheat is annually con
sumed by the body of the people; ex
cept that Rockefeller, under the illu
sion of self-seeking or in the con
scious pursuit of power, will be likely
to bring to bear a more poignant scru
tiny of the future in order to get a
greater return for the next year. If,
then, as I believe, the ability of the
ablest men under the present regime
is directed to getting the largest mar
kets and the largest returns, such abil
ity is directed to the economically de
sirable end."
The Independent believes that it
does matter greatly who holds the title
to the wealth of a country. It is con
ceivable that one man might hold title
to all the wealth of a country. Would
such a concentration of wealth be no
menace to the liberty and happiness
of 80,000,000 in this country? Justice
Holmes seems to think that the only
question involved is whether the peo
ple would get enough to eat. In the
last days of 'the Roman republic the
mass of the people obtained enough
for their subsistence. .Even in Russia
most of the people eat every day. In
Russia power is concentrated into the
hands of a few. Outside this few the
people are in ignorance; they are un
clean, unhealthy, unhappy, enslaved.
That is the result of concentrated pow
er, and concentrated wealth is con
centrated power.
Tet a Rockefeller acquire all the
wealth of the United States and the
people of the United States would be
in a greater misery and slavery than
are the people of Russia. Progress
would come to a standstill. Only
those would succeed who paid tribute
to Rockefeller and gained his favor.
Individual incentive being gone, art,
science, education and industry would
decline, or would thrive only In pro
portion to the interest taken In them
by one' man and then under the guid;
tho one man would dare to be Interest
ed in anything requiring education?
Would ho not adopt the course of all
autocrats preserve his power by keep
ing the masses in Ignorance and ser
vitude? If the masses became intel
ligent there would be a revolution,
bloodshed and a redistribution of
wealth.
It will be seen that the views of
Justice Holmes lean naturally to tho
creation of an absoluto government
Men who think along the lines Indi
cated by Justice Holmes do not dis
tinguish between the possibility 'of ac
quiring great wealth by special privi
leges and the impossibility of acquir
ing great wealth when special privi
leges are withheld. To prevent con
centration of wealth it is necessary to
destroy Bpeclal privilege. Justice
Holmes, however, would argue that
concentration of wealth is a natural
evolution. If you point out to him
that it is a menace to the republic
he is apt to say with "a smile of slow
disparagement," that only such a gov
ernment survives as is fit to survive.
If concentration of wealth leads to
absolute government tho Inference is
that absolute government is the fit
test government in the long run.
Can concentration of wealth be pre
sented? Is it the natural result of
evolution? The answer is that all
our immensely rich have made their
fortunes by privileges denied to oth
ers. If Carnegie had not been favored
with railway rebates he would have
been unable to monopolize the steel
business and finally turn the industry
over to the United States Steel Corpor
ation, which he controls. If Rocke
feller had not. beon favored with rail
way rebates and other forms of rail
way discrimination he would not have
been able to monopolize the oil busi
ness and would not now be a billion
aire. If any doubt remains in the mind
of the reader that Justice Holmes fa
vors monopoly, let him ' read the fol
lowing excerpt from his letter to Mr.
Adams:
"But it seems to me that if every
desirable object were in the hands of
a monopolist, intent on getting all he
could for it (subject to the limitation
that It must be consumed, and that it
might not be wantonly destroyed, as,
of course, it would not be) the value
of the several objects would be set
tled by trie intensities of the desires
for them respectively, and they would
be consumed by those who were able
to get them, and that would be the
result."
In other words A monopolist is
able to-fix prices. If the desire for
an object increases the monopolist ad
vances the price, not in proportion to
the increase in the desire for the ob
ject, but in accord with his own desire
to get the greatest amount of profit.
This always leads to the following
result a monopolist prefers a restrict
ed amount of business at a high price
to an unrestricted amount at a low
price, and then, as our Justice Holmes
says, goods "would be consumed by
those. who were able to get them, and
that would be the ideal result."
Think of it! The ideal Tesult Is
obtained when every object is in the
hands of a monopolist to do with as
he pleases.
After these illuminating remarks
Justice Holmes expresses the belief
that the power of, directive intelligence
as a creative force in production has
been minimized by those who dwell
upon the claims of labor as a pro
ducer. Justice Holmes makes himself amus
ing when, confronted by the growing
demand for a more equitable distribu
tion of wealth, he offers as a remedy
this: "I should like to see him (the
rich man) prohibited from giving
great sums to charities which could
not be clearly justified as long-sighted
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